Manufacture of boots and shoes



G. W. DAY.

-" MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

(No Model.)

Patented Sept. 4, 1883 626017174254 fill/6722271 a /Jt1' N, PETERS. Pam-mu m Waihiugtnn. he

which a middle sole, which'is made of canvas NITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. DAY, OF HAvEEHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPEQIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 284,188, dated September 4, 1883;

Application filed December 28, 1882. (No model.)

1 To all whom) it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W DAY, of

Haverhill, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented cert-ainnew,

and useful Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a 'full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements-in the manufacture of boots and shoes. It consists, first, of a boot or 'shoe in which a middle sole, which is lasted to the upper, receives the lasting-nails, is covered by an inner sole and'by an outer sole, both channeled, and

the whole united by a line of stitches passing through the outer sole, the'upper, the middle,

, and the inner soles, and covered on the inside of the sole by the lip of the channel of the inner sole, and on the outside of the sole by the lip of the channel of the outer sole.

It also consists, second, of a boot or shoe in f or cloth, or other suitable woven or felted material, is lasted to the upper and receives the lastingnails, is covered by an inner sole. and

by an outer sole, both channeled, and the whole V united by a line of stitches passing through the outer sole, the upper, the middle, and the inner soles, and covered on the inside of the sole by the lip of the channel of the inner sole,

and on the outside of the sole by the lip of the channel of the outer sole. s In the accompanying plate of drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing a shoe made in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section.

In the drawings, A represents the upper of i a shoe, which is nailed and lasted to the middle sole, B, madeofleather, or, as forming a part of this. invention, of canvas or cloth, or felted or other similar material.

C is .the inner-sole,and D the outer sole,

both of which are channeled upon one side,

and each channel has a lip, a, for covering the The inner sole is placed by its channeled side against the bottom of a suitable last,

and then the last and inner sole are placed within the shoe-upper, lasted to the middle sole, as stated, after which the outer sole is placed against the outside face of the middle soleand the overlapping portion of the upper,

V which is lasted to the middle sole, with the channeled side of the outer sole outermost, and the outer and inner soles temporarily secured in position by tacks, one tack at the toe and heel, and each side of the ball being suflicient when removing the whole from the last.

The several soles and upper placed together,

as above stated, are then sewed in a machine,

as usual, the line of stitches 7) running in the channels of the outer and inner soles, through the middle sole and upper, and afterward said stitches covered by the lips a of the channel of each sole, said lips being turned back during the process of sewing, and said lips each whole is secured together by a line of stitches,

b, all as has been stated, to limit the invention asto such a formation and combination of parts, and as to such a stitching thereof together, to any particular material, making the middle sole, whether it be leather or canvas, or cloth or felt, or other suitable woven or felted materiaL' A sewed boot or shoe made as herein described, as it has no lasting-tacks in the inner sole, is very easy and pliable, and with the middle sole made of canvas or cloth, or felt or other similar material, plainly greater pliability is given to the boot or shoe, whereby it will have all the qualities and advantages of a handsewed shoe.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. An improved sewed boot or shoe having a middle sole lasted to the upper, and an in ner sole and outer sole bo'th channeled, and stitches extending through the inner, outer, and middle soles and upper, and covered on the inside of the sole by the lip of the channel of the inner sole, and on the outside of the sole by the lip of the channel of the outer sole, as

shown and described."

2. An improved boot or shoe having a middle sole, which is made of canvas or other suitable fabric,1asted to the upper, and an outer IOO and inner sole both channeled, and stitches In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my extending through the inner, outer, and midhand in the presence of two subscribing witdle soles and upper, and covered on the inside nesses.

of the sole by the lip of the channel of the in- GEORGE WV. DAY. 5 ner sole, and on the outside of the sole by the \Vitnesses:

lip of the channel of the outer sole, as shown EDWIN W. BROWN,

and described. WILLIAM S. BELLOWS. 

